Kunzea strigosa

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Kunzea strigosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Kunzea
Species:
K. strigosa
Binomial name
Kunzea strigosa
Toelken & G.F.Craig

Kunzea strigosa is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. [1]

The shrub typically grows to a height of 1 to 2 metres (3 to 7 ft) with a few erect stems. It usually flowers August to November. [2]

Often found in wet depressions between ridges or low on slopes in a small area on the coast near where the Great Southern meets the Goldfields-Esperance region centred around the Fitzgerald River National Park where it grows in a sandy to clay loam soils. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Kunzea strigosa". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  2. Toelken, Hellmut; Craig, Gillian (2007). "Kunzea acicularis, K. strigosa and K. similis subsp. mediterranea (Myrtaceae) - new taxa from near Ravensthorpe, Western Australia". Nuytsia. 17: 395.